[Geysers] Geyser report June 19

[TSBryan at aol.com]

Today's gazing featured two unusual episodes:
 
1. In a fashion highly similar to last Tuesday, today Grotto started  
eruption at 0656 (Grotto Fountain at 0639). The duration was 3h 00m (+ or - a  minute 
or so). And like last week, this was followed by progressively weaker  
activity in the Giant Complex, to the point that Bijou was all-but-dead by 1100  or 
so. However, the difference is that today's event was accelerated over last  
week, and there was a Giant hot period at 1147, d = 6m 57s but only Feather,  
Rust , and SW Vents, Mastiff flat virtually throughout.
 
2. Starting around 0900 this morning, Morning's Thief began a series of  
independent eruptions. They repeated every few minutes (Jim Holstein and Ralph  
Taylor [separately] have some times, and Lynn got 1156, 1208 and 1220). Some of  
these evidently were 40+ feet high. When I got there at about 1315, Fountain 
and  Morning were both near full, only a few feet separating their waters. 
Morning's  Thief was boiling up as high as 4 to 6 feet every minute or two. 
Clepsydra  didn't know whether to be on or off. Spasm had an extraordinarily long 
eruption  given its previous 2007 record, and etc. Ah, but then Fountain 
started at 1347.  Thief had one so-so eruption seconds after Fountain started. But 
unusual again:  Fountain's duration was only about 29 1/2 minutes, 
extraordinarily short for  2007.
 
Otherwise, it was a pretty ordinary day.
 
Daisy was on short mode, with intervals of 2h 36m, 2h 20m and 2h 32m.
 
Riverside was at 0423ns and 1021.
 
Oblong had a long interval from 0300ie to 0851.
 
Castle was 0730ns, major.
 
Lion was seen at 0703 (not initial), 0834ie and 0957 minor.
 
Plume had intervals of 53, 49, 54 and 40 minutes
 
As of about 1300, Beehive had not erupted (apparently) since last Saturday  
afternoon.
 
Scott Bryan
 
Grand was at 0726 (2 bursts).
 
Penta was 0633ie.



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